(19)
(11) EP 0 699 762 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.04.1998 Bulletin 1998/14

(43) Date of publication A2:
06.03.1996 Bulletin 1996/10

(21) Application number: 95110503.0

(22) Date of filing: 05.07.1995
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: C12N 15/55, C12N 9/16, C12N 15/70, C12N 1/21, C12N 1/19, C12P 7/18
// (C12N1/21, C12R1:19),(C12N1/19, C12R1:865)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE DK FR NL

(30) Priority: 05.07.1994 JP 174906/94
24.02.1995 JP 60111/95

(71) Applicant: MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS, Inc.
Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo 100 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Mochizuki, Daisuke
    Mobara-shi, Chiba 297 (JP)
  • Tokuda, Junko
    Mobara-shi, Chiba 297 (JP)
  • Suzuki, Tadashi
    Mobara-shi, Chiba 297 (DE)
  • Shimada, Masao
    Yamato-shi, Kanagawa 242 (JP)
  • Tawaki, Shin-ichirou
    Yamato-shi, Kanagawa 242 (JP)

(74) Representative: Strehl Schübel-Hopf Groening & Partner 
Maximilianstrasse 54
D-80538 München
D-80538 München (DE)

 
Remarks:
The applicant has subsequently filed a sequence listing and declared, that it includes no new matter.
 


(54) Novel Phytase


(57) A novel phytase is disclosed. The phytase consists essentially of a single type of subunits, and can hydrolyze a phytate to myo-inositol. A gene encoding the phytase, which is originated from Schwanniomyces occidentalis is also disclosed.





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